Augurzky, Boris (contributor); Bauer, Thomas K. (contributor) - 2006
This paper examines the effect of copayments on doctor visits using the German health care reform of 2004 as a natural … German health care
reform of 2004 as a natural experiment. In January 2004, copayments of 10 euros for the first
doctor …). Hence, in 2004 another health care
reform became effective. An important element of this reform – most controversially …